[cpdiii]

I can’t see ANY instance where transporting contraband other than a WMD should lead to an unarmed aircraft being shot down by a “civilized” people.

I also find this confusing. There are standard procedures for a military aircraft to order another aircraft to follow them to a base and land. These procedures also assume a radio failure. If a military aircraft comes up beside you and rocks his wings and lowers his gear, follow him. If you do not, he might shoot you down. I did not read anything about what happened prior to the shoot down. I do remember reading about the error but I do not recall anything about radio transmissions or visual instructions from the military aircraft to the civilian aircraft.

[Errant]

It appears we're living in uncivilized times when you're apt to be blown out of the sky without warning to satisfy a quick thrill.

Besides, why are we using our CIA on a stupid mission to waste the lives of desperate people when there are much more important individuals plotting our destruction, that need to be exterminated?

[DesertRhino]

Short of 9/11, where you know the plane is basically a Kamakaze, annd it is solely to save numerous lives on the ground, it’s *never* justified to shoot down a civilian plane.

Saburo Sakai refused orders and risked brutal IJN discipline by refusing to shoot down a dutch DC-3 airliner early in WWII. He pulled alongside first and saw a woman lookig out the window who reminded him of his schoolteacher when he was young. He wave and the pilots and left the area.

Shooting down an unarmed plane in peacetime for legal reasons is the hallmark of a despotic nation.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

The Peruvian airforce shot this A/C down and not CIA.I think cia was directing and whether or not there was a como breakdown they do bear some responsibilty.The poor family.